【英文文学】The Mysterious Key And What It Opened
42页1、【英文文学】The Mysterious Key And What It Opened This is the third time Ive found you poring over that old rhyme. What is the charm, Richard? Not its poetry I fancy. And the young wife laid a slender hand on the yellow, time-worn page where, in Old English text, appeared the lines she laughed at.Richard Trevlyn looked up with a smile and threw by the book, as if annoyed at being discovered reading it. Drawing his wifes hand through his own, he led her back to her couch, folded the soft shawls about h
2、er, and, sitting in a low chair beside her, said in a cheerful tone, though his eyes betrayed some hidden care, My love, that book is a history of our family for centuries, and that old prophecy has never yet been fulfilled, except the heir and heiress line. I am the last Trevlyn, and as the time draws near when my child shall be born, I naturally think of his future, and hope he will enjoy his heritage in peace.God grant it! softly echoed Lady Trevlyn, adding, with a look askance at the old boo
3、k, I read that history once, and fancied it must be a romance, such dreadful things are recorded in it. Is it all true, Richard?Yes, dear. I wish it was not. Ours has been a wild, unhappy race till the last generation or two. The stormy nature came in with old Sir Ralph, the fierce Norman knight, who killed his only son in a fit of wrath, by a blow with his steel gauntlet, because the boys strong will would not yield to his.Yes, I remember, and his daughter Clotilde held the castle during a sieg
4、e, and married her cousin, Count Hugo. Tis a warlike race, and I like it in spite of the mad deeds.Married her cousin! That has been the bane of our family in times past. Being too proud to mate elsewhere, we have kept to ourselves till idiots and lunatics began to appear. My father was the first who broke the law among us, and I followed his example: choosing the freshest, sturdiest flower I could find to transplant into our exhausted soil.I hope it will do you honor by blossoming bravely. I ne
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